Circuit protection device specialist Thinking Electronic Industrial saw its gross margin climb to a record 35.92% in the first quarter of 2017 thanks to a more diversified product...

Passive component makers Yageo and Walsin Technology have reported sequential increases in April revenues of 2.2% and 0.5%, respectively.

RF component specialist Richwave Technology has reported a loss of NT$50 million (US$1.66 million) or NT$0.19 per share for the first quarter of 2017 due to foreign exchange transaction...

Taiwan-based IC design houses have started to see their customers place short lead-time orders in May, but remain less-optimistic about their outlook for the second quarter.

China-based panel suppliers including China Star Optoelectronics Technology (CSOT), BOE Technology, Everdisplay Optronics and Tianma, have resorted to price competition in order to...

Taiwan-based passive component maker Yageo has reported net EPS of NT$1.62 (US$0.05) for the first quarter of 2017 compared with NT$1.25 a year ago.

Power inductor and choke manufacturer Chilisin Electronics' revenues increased 10.6% in the first quarter of 2017 from a year earlier to NT$1.33 billion (US$43.5 million).

Asustek Computer is expected to experience a weak second quarter because the company's next-generation smartphones may see difficulties entering mass shipments in June, while component...

PC vendors, in order to reflect continual hikes in component costs, including display panels, DRAM, SSDs, Li batteries, plan to raise retail prices when new models equipped with revised...

To cope with increasing demand from smartphone vendors, component makers have been shifting their capacity to manufacture smartphone-use products. This has impacted the makers' supply...

Circuit protection device maker Thinking Electronic Industrial has reported net profits of NT$901 million (US$29.58 million) for 2016, the highest level in three years. EPS for the...

Holy Stone Enterprise, a Taiwan-based supplier of multi-layer ceramic capacitors (MLCC), plans to reduce paid-in capital by NT$673 million (US$21.8 million), or about 30%, to NT$1.57...

Competition in China's smartphone market is getting keener, forcing some players including Huawei, Xiaomi, Vivo and LeEco to turn more conservative about placing orders with upstream...

Discrete and analog IC component maker Lite-On Semiconductor is expected to see its revenues reach the peak for 2017 in the third quarter, thanks to robust discrete component and...

Taiwan-based component maker Sinbon Electronics saw its revenues drop 9.25% on month but grow 3.4% on year to NT$1.05 billion (US$33.94 million) in February.

Mag.Layers Scientific-Technics, a manufacturer of inductors and power chokes, has reported net profits for 2016 surged 153% on year to NT$395 million (US$12.8 million).

Worldwide notebook shipments (not including 2-in-1 devices) surpassed 40 million units in the fourth quarter of 2016, dropping only 1.2% on year. Shipments from Taiwan-based ODMs...

Prices for key components used in smartphones including memory chips and AMOLED panels have been rising the second half of 2016, according to market research firm TrendForce. With...

Acquiring fellow passive component companies Ralec Electronic and Ferroxcube will help Chilisin Electronics improve its global market share, according to company president Shih-ying...

Current component orders for production of AR (augmented reality), VR (virtual reality) and MR (mixed reality) head-mounted display (HMD) devices from brand vendors are still insufficient,...

Taiwan-based passive component supplier Ta-I Technology has announced that it plans to buy back 10 million shares from the local stock market at prices ranging from NT$15.50-29.50...

Quartz component maker TXC has reported pre-tax profits of NT$1.19 billion (US$37.43 million) for 2016, up 9.2% on year, with pre-tax EPS reaching NT$3.83.

The risk for the global handset industry to brace for a shortage in supplies of some key components, including displays, memory products and optical sensing devices, in 2017 is rising...

Worldwide shipments of traditional PCs (desktop, notebook, and workstation) totaled 70.2 million units in the fourth quarter of 2016, posting an on-year decline of 1.5%, according...

Taiwan-based IT component maker Sinbon Electronics has reported consolidated revenues of NT$1.019 billion (US$31.61 million) for December 2106, down 3.4% sequentially but up 8.98%...